Life Lately

We are slowly working ourselves into a routine with Alivia. Most days I am home all day long, but once Matt gets home we have started going to the gym. I have never been one to work out for any period at length, but let me tell you, this time I AM MOTIVATED! Nothing like 30 extra pounds staring back at you in the mirror to give you the motivation to lose this baby weight! I know, I know, all you experienced mamas will tell me to give it time :) I have been working out 3-4 days a week for the past 3 weeks and I haven't lost ANY weight! It can be pretty discouraging at times, but I am seeing my strength and endurance improve slightly and it makes me feel better about letting mother nature work its magic because at least I'm doing my part! My goal is to not only get back to pre-pregnancy weight, but to look even better and be more healthy than I was before :) Enough of that.....

Alivia is becoming more and more adorable each day. She is 2 months old already and just under 9 pounds! I couldn't be more thankful to have such a sweet healthy baby! She is beginning to notice her surroundings and I can't keep her head still with her looking all around. Even better, she's been smiling and "talking" to us. The other morning after I finished feeding her and she started to wake up a little, she looked right at me and smiled. Not because of gas, not because we were pinching her chubby cheeks, but because she recognized her mama :) Here's one of her smiling...

And one of her "talking" to Daddy...

Here's our little Florida fan :)

And here's Alivia curled up taking a nap on me :)

We have been so blessed to have this little girl join our family.  I'm so excited to see the person she becomes and I hope I don't screw up this parenting thing too much! :)